IDEMIA and JCB Partner to Launch Google Pay in Japan

IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, today announces its
partnership with JCB, the only international payment brand based in
Japan, to launch Google Pay in Japan.

Users will be able to make contactless mobile payments in store using
their JCB branded credit, debit, and prepaid cards enrolled in their
Google Pay, at places such as convenience stores, supermarkets, drug
stores and other shops where QUICPay is accepted.

To enable Google Pay for JCB cardholders, JCB leverages an agnostic and
scalable payment card tokenization and digitization infrastructure, the
JCB Tokenization Platform (JTP). It relies on IDEMIA’s field-proven
digital payment solution. It allows not only JCB, but also its issuing
and processing partners to integrate with Google Pay and offer real-time
enrolment, provisioning and tokenization capabilities. Users in Japan
can, therefore, add their JCB cards in the Google Pay app on their
Osaifu Keitai-compatible phones equipped with Android 5.0 or higher
version.

We are delighted to be able to provide our customers with the ability
to use Google Pay by leveraging QUICPay’s wide acceptance network in
Japan.” said Masaki Yokawa, Executive Vice-President for Brand
Business at JCB. “We believe the service will enhance the convenience
and experience for JCB card members with the simple and intuitive user
interface. JTP plays an integral part for making this happen, and we are
proud to have worked with IDEMIA, who has a proven track record in this
area, in order to add the Google Pay capability to the platform.”

Nobuyoshi NEZU, Representative director at IDEMIA Japan declared: "We
are proud to have worked together with JCB in the deployment of Google
Pay in Japan. This represents another milestone in our long-term
partnership. IDEMIA is the mobile payment enablement partner of choice
for JCB, by offering IDEMIA’s field-proven Digital Enablement Platform.
IDEMIA’s technology and services are deployed at scale with tens of
millions of cards digitized so far across the world.”

QUICPay is the contactless payment product developed by JCB for the
Japanese market. QUICPay is a registered trademark of JCB for its
contactless payment solution.

Osaifu-Keitai is the Standard mobile payment system, only available to
subscribers in Japan. Osaifu Keitai is a trademark of NTT DOCOMO, INC.

About JCB
JCB is a major global payment brand and a leading
payment card issuer and acquirer in Japan. JCB launched its card
business in Japan in 1961 and began expanding worldwide in 1981. As part
of its international growth strategy, JCB has formed alliances with
hundreds of leading banks and financial institutions globally to
increase merchant coverage and card member base. As a comprehensive
payment solution provider, JCB commits to provide responsive and
high-quality service and products to all customers worldwide. For more
information, please visit: www.global.jcb/en/

About IDEMIA
OT-Morpho is now IDEMIA, the global leader in
Augmented Identity for an increasingly digital world, with the ambition
to empower citizens and consumers alike to interact, pay, connect,
travel and vote in ways that are now possible in a connected environment.
Securing
our identity has become mission critical in the world we live in today.
By standing for Augmented Identity, we reinvent the way we think,
produce, use and protect this asset, whether for individuals or for
objects. We ensure privacy and trust as well as guarantee secure,
authenticated and verifiable transactions for international clients from
Financial, Telecom, Identity, Public Security and IoT sectors.
OT
(Oberthur Technologies) and Safran Identity & Security (Morpho) have
joined forces to form IDEMIA. With close to $3 billion in revenues and
14,000 employees around the world, IDEMIA serves clients in 180
countries.
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